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Written by garykmcd America Was Born In The Streets. Genres: Rated R for intense strong violence, sexuality/nudity and language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 20 December 2002 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Pandillas de Nueva York See more » Filming Locations: $1,049,746 (Japan) (20 December 2002) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia Daniel Day-Lewis stayed in character as Bill the Butcher throughout filming. He had several scuffles in Roman parking lots. See more » Goofs When Amsterdam shows Jenny his scars on the pier, several makeup effects lift up off of his skin. See more » Quotes Amsterdam Vallon : Amsterdam: I've been called a lot of things, mister... but I've never been called...? McGloin : McGloin: Fiddeling bends. Amsterdam Vallon : Amsterdam: Fiddeling bends. Right. If I knew what in the hell that meant... I might be inclined to take offense.

See more » Crazy Credits Miramax Films and Touchstone Pictures logos are much different and larger than the normal logos and evoke a 1930s black and white style. See more » Connections The Hands That Built America (Theme from Gangs of New York) Written and Performed by U2 (Toronto, Canada) – See all my reviews For about three months now, I have (on an almost daily basis) passed a movie theatre not far from my home. On the side of this movie theatre is a huge poster advertising the movie "Gangs of New York". Meanwhile, all I heard about on television was the buzz about the upcoming "Gangs of New York". So, when this highly publicized movie finally opened, I went and saw it. I went to the theatre, I bought my ticket, I found a seat in a very crowded theatre and I sat. For three hours I sat in that dark theatre and I watched what was one of the most amazing movies I have ever had privilege to see. It is hard to even begin to explain why this movie was amazing, but it was. The way it was shot is brilliant. The cinematography is spectacular. The story is completely enthralling.

Although the movie was just shy of three hours long, it was not at all boring to watch. The story was captivating and although I knew how it was going to end (because, after all, it is a movie based on a true-ish story), it was incredible to watch how it got that end. Above all, the movie was beautiful to watch. I have to admit to those who have not yet seen it that "Gangs" is quite violent. However, the violence was well shot and it was fairly necessary to the story. All of the actors put in extremely good performances. Leonardo DiCaprio really proved that he's not just a pretty face and that he does actually have a great deal of talent (which can also be seen in his other movie of the season, "Catch Me If You Can"). Cameron Diaz' performace also proves that she can do much more than the standard romantic comedy. Also, after hearing reports of Daniel Day Lewis' REALLY getting into his character, I admit that it was completely worth it. His character (William Cutting/Bill the Butcher) is so complex and although you know you hate him, you can't decide why (for there are so many reasons).

In conclusion, if you have not seen this movie yet, go. Go now. See it. This is one of the epic movies of our time. I heard that Scorcese has been conceptualizing this movie for over twenty years; I could tell. The story this movie tells is one that I had never heard and the way in which it was told makes it seem very important for us to know. The message that is conveyed, although not an entirely wholesome one, is an important one to learn and, if considered, is very relevant to our time. However, my only message to you is this: see this movie. 77 of 112 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes SPLICEDwire | "Gangs of New York" review (2002) Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis (optional) ZIP: Scorsese's 'Gangs of New York' is a grand, bloody historical epic with a few notable problems In the opening moments of Martin Scorsese's American history epic "Gangs of New York," a galvanized band of 19th Century Irish immigrants, armed to the teeth with axes and swords, emerges from a catacomb hideout beneath an abandoned brewery and kick open a shabby wooden door to reveal an amazing sight: the vast, almost frontier-like streets of lower Manhattan, circa 1846, brought to life in such exacting detail that you can almost smell the horse plop on the muddy roads. This single shot does wonders for establishing the heavy, gritty, treacherous atmosphere of the muscle-ruled Five Points area in which the film is set. It's a place where falsely accused people are hung by crooked cops to set examples for petty criminals and where fire brigades duke it out in front of burning buildings to determine who gets to fight the fire.

Leading the pack of Irish bruisers is the stouthearted Priest Vallon (Liam Neeson), who is subsequently killed in the ensuing violent, snow-bloodying street battle by William Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis) -- leader of The Natives, an vicious anti-immigrant gang, who leaves Vallon's young son, Amsterdam, one angry orphan. Bill the Butcher, as Cutting is known, is a stovepipe-hat-wearing, riff-raff dandy and a much-feared basilisk of all-American ire. "If I had but guns," he says, "I'd shoot each and every one of them before they set foot on American soil." Nonetheless, he has his own kind of moral code and pays reverence to his slain rival for fighting with honor. But that isn't enough to prevent Amsterdam from seeking revenge when he returns 16 years later, unrecognizable as a young man fresh from a reformatory, played by Leonardo DiCaprio in one of two great performances this holiday season. (The other is Steven Spielberg's "Catch Me If You Can," opening Christmas Day.) Finally getting the "Titanic" monkey off his back, DiCaprio is renewed in this sweeping historical fiction.

With dirt under his fingernails and fire in his belly, he's hardened enough to be believable as he beats down one of The Butcher's ruffians in a bare-knuckle brawl that earns him a position under Cutting's unsuspecting wing. Scorsese also seems invigorated by finally making this film he's had on the back burner for more than two decades. In fact, he is so enamored of the story -- written by Jay Cocks (Scorsese's "The Age of Innocence"), Seven Zaillian ("Schindler's List," "Hannibal" ) and Kenneth Lonergan ( "You Can Count On Me" ) -- that he gets carried away with the huge budget he's been provided. "Gangs" is conspicuously over-cinematic (crane shots galore) and over-produced. While its outdoor locations (built on the backlots of Cinecitta Studios in Italy) are transportingly authentic, the indoor sets look like exquisite museums to period grime. Every character looks magnificently scruffy, as if each of their matted hairs was placed exactly where someone wanted it. Every scene is lit to obtrusive perfection and production-designed within an inch of its life.

The practical upshot of all this is that the filmmaking sometimes drowns out the plot -- especially in the opening street fight, which is rapidly edited with hundreds of cuts and scored with strangely incongruous electric guitar wail. (On the subject, what's with that U2 song over the closing credits?) Even Day-Lewis gets caught up in the extravagance, throwing himself into Bill the Butcher's complex but inexorable psyche to such a degree that his intense, blustering, strangely sympathetic performance eventually becomes overbearing. But the story -- symbolic as it is of the United States' ongoing struggle with violence, culture and class values -- really grabs hold of you with its powerfully brusque depictions of hard-scrambled life. Its authenticity is aided by the inclusion of real historical figures (Jim Broadbent is superb as notoriously crooked politician Boss Tweed) and monumental events in the city's history (like the deadly, epidemic Draft Riots of 1863). Late in the game -- after Amsterdam has patiently plotted his retribution and found time to fall for a pretty, steely pickpocket (Cameron Diaz) -- "Gangs" develops one very pointed problem with its plot.

Bill the Butcher lets Amsterdam live after discovering his treachery and beating him within an inch of his life. Then suddenly the kid has built up a gang of his own to rival The Natives, without Scorsese explaining how he rose to power or how he avoided finding an axe in his back. After all, that is a fate delivered by Bill Cutting himself, in broad daylight, upon a sheriff who dared stand up to the ruthless despot of Five Points. The tag line for this film is "America was born in the streets," and the dark, unspoken truth of that notion comes through quite definitively in the way "Gangs" reproduces one minority group's fight for an American-dream foothold (and for their very lives) against the same kinds of people who hated Italians after they got used to the Irish and detested African-Americans during the Civil Rights movement. And while the movie may not live up to the hype that has surrounded it since its originally scheduled release last Christmas (rumors abound of editing battles between Scorsese and scissor-happy Miramax chair Harvey Weinstein), it is certainly a unique, worthy and rousing glimpse into a part of our history rarely (if ever) portrayed in film.

ORDER IT NOW Amazon.com: Gangs Of New York: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Martin Scorsese By Daniel V. Reilly VINE VOICE on January 2, 2003 There's been a lot of flack directed at Gangs of New York for it's supposed "Historical Inaccuracies". I can't add anything except this: If you go to the movies for your History Lessons, something's wrong with you. If you go to be entertained, Gangs of New York is just the ticket. Based on Herbert Asbury's turn-of-the-century book, Gangs tells the epic tale of the Five-Points section of Manhattan, and the colorful gangs (The Dead Rabbits, The Plug Uglies, The Swamp Angels, The Nativists, etc.) that ruled her mean streets. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Amsterdam Vallon, who witnessed his father "Priest" Vallon 's murder at the hands of Bill "The Butcher" (The amazing Daniel Day-Lewis) as a child, and in typical movie fashion, swore revenge. Amsterdam is released from reform school sixteen years later, and heads off to kill the Butcher.

Along the way we get the usual romance, with Cameron Diaz acquitting herself well as pickpocket Jenny Everdeane, despite the fact that she isn't really given much to do in the film. Like other Historical epics (Titanic, Pearl Harbor, Saving Private Ryan), Gangs takes the central topic and places fictional characters into the action. Although there really WAS a Bill the Butcher, he died well before the draft riots that end the film. Director Martin Scorcese deserves high marks for bringing a piece of seldom-seen American history to the screen. Despite it's nearly three-hour length, Scorcese keeps the film moving briskly along, and the opening battle, an exquisitely grotesque symphony of violence, is worth the price of admission alone. Only Scorcese could make such savagery seem beautiful... The performances are all good, but Daniel Day-Lewis is a revelation as the charming and deadly Bill the Butcher; He blows everyone else off the screen. If he doesn't win Best Actor at The Academy Awards it'll be another black eye to their selection process. Hopefully Scorcese will get some long overdue recognition as well.

While Gangs isn't his best film, it's still head-and-shoulders above most of 2002's movies. Highly recommended. By Ryan on May 27, 2003 Format: DVD One of the big controversies surrounding this film was that Martin Scorcese was forced to cut nearly an hour of footage from his final vision in order to get the studio to release it. That's understandable, as not many people will be willing to sit through a 4 hour movie in theatres. So with the release of it on DVD, we should get the complete version, right? Well... it doesn't seem so. The details on this DVD mention nothing about extra footage. Isn't one of the benefits of the DVD format that we get to see what the director intended before politics and marketing step in? I for one would like to see the COMPLETE movie, the movie that Scorcese wanted to make, rather than the movie which was released, even though that movie was quite good. I have a feeling that the studio is just doing the usual DVD scam of releasing the theatrical version as soon as possible to catch people while they are still hyped on this movie from the theatrical release and post-Oscar boost.

After a few months, hopefully they will release a director's cut, causing many people to go back and buy the DVD a second time. I, for one, will wait as long as it takes until the full version comes out. I'm sick of getting scammed by these studios into buying one version, and then seeing a "special edition" with all sorts of extras come out a few months later. Not gonna happen this time, buddy-boy. By sportsguy99 on January 28, 2016 Format: Blu-ray|Verified Purchase This remastered edition corrects the image quality issues of the previous edition which had heavy handed use of DNR (digital noise reduction)often eliminating the grain and detail at the same time. Colors pop and detail is remarkably sharp throughout. Audio sounds terrific as well although the previous edition sounded quite good as well. Aside from some minor ringing (particularly when characters are against a white background--doesn't happen too often in this movie though), the presentation looks terrific. We get all the previous special features from the previous edition as well including Martin Scorsese's informed and entertaining commentary track.

The special features are still in standard definnition but that's a minor issue--I'm just happy that Touchstone/Disney/Miramax was willing to go back and correct the error with the original mastering. You can tell the remastered vs. the previous edition because the cover picture with the main actors is smaller and bordered by black. The Blu-ray holders also have a sticker on the cover indicating its been remastered. For those interested in the plot--Set in New York in 1846 (during the height of the draft for the Civil War which contributed to a massive violent revolt by the poor which plays a part in the film as well), Leonardo Dicaprio plays Amsterdam Vallon who returns to lower Manhattan seeking revenge against Bill "the Butcher" (Daniel Day Lewis)who killed his father in a confrontation between their respective gangs. To kill Bill Vallon must become close to Bill and infiltrate his gang earning his trust in the process but Vallon finds that his vendetta against Bill gets lost in a much larger conflict between the various gangs of New York to run the city.Amsterdam feels conflicted particularly when Bill takes him under his wing and gains a grudging respect for him despite his brutality.

Daniel Day Lewis gives a superb performance as Bill and although Dicaprio's accent varies quite a bit his emotionally complex, conflicted performance adds to the drama as well. When I first saw the film I was surprised at just how good Cameron Diaz could be as an actress as well. A well made flawed film, "Gangs of New York" manages to be involving and director Martin Scorsese crates a vivid recreation of New York before the turn of the century with detailed recreations of teh hovels and mud strewn streets, The film suffers because of a shortened running time (and it runs around 2 hours and 40 minutes but could have easily run an additional 20-30 minutes giving us more background on the conflict between Vallon's father who led the Dead Rabbits and Bill. Then again the action would have taken longer to get to and our main story focusing on the conflict between Vallon and Bill would have taken quite a bit longer to start as well. Even Scorsese's flawed films are stronger than most other directors great films and the ambition of "Gangs of New York" is welcome even if the film can't deliver on all of Scorsese's points. Recommended.

Gangs of New York (2002) Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz - Three Movie Buffs Review Reviewed on: December 22nd, 2002 Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio in Gangs of New York. Gangs of New York, Martin Scorsese's long awaited, ambitious epic story of gang wars and riots during mid 19th century New York City, is finally here and it almost lives up to the hype. It is colorfully, vibrantly, beautifully filmed, well acted, the direction is inspired; clearly Scorsese cared deeply about this project. And yet I walked away with the strong suspicion that something important was missing. This three-hour movie tells the story of two men between the years 1846 and 1863. One is Amsterdam Vallon played by a finally grown-up looking Leonardo DiCaprio.

In the movies opening segment we witness Amsterdam, as a small child, witness the brutal murder of his father (Liam Neeson in a cameo) by William 'Bill the Butcher' Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis) during a turf war between the immigrant Irish gang called 'The Dead Rabbits' and the Anglo Saxon 'Natives' led by Cutting. Most of the action is set in the notorious slum that was the five points neighborhood in downtown Manhattan. Flash forward 16 years to the Civil War era. Vallon, who was raised in a city orphanage, has returned to five points as a man bent on revenge against his fathers killer. The plot is all pretty standard. Vallon joins Cutting's gang and becomes almost like a son to him in order to eventually kill him. Along the way he meets the pretty pickpocket Jennie Everdeane (Cameron Diaz) and we get a few romantic moments.

The climax of the movie takes place during the infamous draft riots of 1863, when mobs of Irishmen attacked and slaughtered dozens of African Americans in protest of the war and the fact that many freed slaves were coming to the city and competing for jobs.This is visually the best part of the movie because it expands beyond the five points section to show how the riots affected all of New York City. Like virtually all of Scorsese's movies Gangs of New York is filled with brutal violence and raw sex. His 19th century New York slum is as decadent as Rome under Nero. Still for all its grandeur and scope I think what is missing is heart. I never really cared for any of the main characters. None of them are really sympathetic or even likable, but maybe that's his point that New York City, and by extension America, was built by ruthless people with cruel ambitions. At any rate, it is not a point of view that works for me. Did you enjoy Patrick's review? +2 Reviewed on: March 30th, 2004 Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz in Gangs of New York. Gangs of New York is a brilliant history lesson.

So many films that take place during these years are normally westerns or Civil War movies. Here you see New York at an interesting time not often depicted on film. The biggest lesson this movie appears to teach is that diversity breeds contempt. Most of the violence is based on ethnic background. In today's economy, we are losing jobs to foreign workers here and abroad. This movie demonstrates that this problem is anything but new. These turf wars, in the movie, are also about the economy and power. You can draw endless comparisons from this movie to today or many other times in history. This movie is too long and like Patrick, I did not admire or care for any of the characters. No one in this movie has an ounce of decency in them or the ambition to try. If a huge fire consumed and killed everyone in the entire 5 points section featured in this movie, the crime rate of New York at the time would have diminished greatly. Virtually everyone who has a line a dialogue in this movie is by some means a criminal. Scorsese is notoriously long winded. This movie could have easily gotten its points across with 20 less minutes. However, Scorsese does direct some genius scenes.

The best is where he demonstrates, in one single shot, the process of some immigrants who walked off a boat, enlisted in the Army, were armed and put on another boat to go fight in the Civil War. I also enjoyed a scene, early on, about the competing fire departments. It was like a silent Keystone Cops clip with dark humor. From two different directions, two different fire departments show up to put out a house fire. When they see each other, they immediately have a brawl right in front of the burning building. The cast is great. The direction is brilliant. The pace is brisk. However, it lacked anything inspirational for me to hope or root for. The Keystone cop firemen had the right idea. Let the whole place burn. No one would have missed it. Did you enjoy Eric's review? +2 Reviewed on: August 8th, 2004 Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs of New York. Actually, quite a few people would have missed the Five Points if they'd been burned down. If the place and its people were destroyed, where would the upper class have found their servants? Who would have built the railroads and dug the Erie Canal?

However, since this film only highlights the gangs and the criminals of New York, none of the honest, hard working citizens who had the misfortune to live in the worst slum in America, are ever shown. Daniel Day-Lewis' character is portrayed as a racist, particularly against the Irish, but since every Irish person shown in this movie is a fighter, a murderer, a thief, or some other type criminal, his position seems completely defensible in the context of this story. Like Eric and Patrick, I held no sympathy for any of the characters in this film. More interesting to me was the historical background. Instead of centering on the rivalry between two street gangs, I wish Scorsese had made the Draft Riots the central focus of his story instead of just the backdrop. Apart from 9/11, the Draft Riots were the greatest acts of violence perpetrated in the city of New York. Unlike 9/11 however, it was New Yorkers who generated the violence upon themselves. For nearly 4 days, the city was terrorized by a rampaging mob of 50,000 – 70,000 of its own citizens. Over two thousand people were killed, around eight thousand wounded.

More than 100 buildings were burned down and about 200 others were damaged and looted. Property loss was estimated to be between $1,500,000 and $5,000,000. Soldiers from the front lines of the Civil War were forced to return to New York to help quell the rioters. Instead of delving deeper into the back-story and characters personally involved in the riots, Scorsese chose to focus on the Gangs, which to me was the wrong choice. Personally, I didn't care which of the many colorfully named Gangs ruled the underworld of the Five Points, but I could care about the fate of the city. I do agree with Patrick that this movie is beautifully filmed. It does capture the look and the feel of the times. To me though, it's like telling the story of 9/11 from the point of view of the rats who lived in the World Trade Center's subterranean levels. Did you enjoy Scott's review?

+1 » Gangs of New York Cameron Diaz Online at Cameron-Diaz.org Written by: Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian Genre: Drama / Epic Co-Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson. (click here for additional cast) In 1846, as waves of Irish immigrants poured into the New York neighborhood of Five Points, a number of citizens of British and Dutch heritage who were born in the United States began making an open display of their resentment toward the new arrivals. William Cutting, better known as “Bill the Butcher” for his vocation and deadly skill with a knife, bands his fellow “Native Americans” into a gang to take on the Irish immigrants; the immigrants in turn form a gang of their own, “The Dead Rabbits,” organized by Priest Vallon. After an especially bloody clash between the Natives and the Rabbits leaves Vallon dead, his son goes missing; the boy ends up in a brutal reform school before returning to the Five Points in 1862 as Amsterdam Vallon.

Now a strapping adult who has learned how to fight, Amsterdam has come to seek vengeance against Bill the Butcher, whose underworld control of the Five Points through violence and intimidation dovetails with the open corruption of New York politician “Boss” Tweed. Amsterdam gradually penetrates Bill the Butcher’s inner circle, and he soon becomes his trusted assistant. Amsterdam also finds himself falling for Jenny Everdeane, a beautiful but street-smart thief who was once involved with Bill. Amsterdam is learning a great deal from Bill, but before he can turn the tables on the man who killed his father, Amsterdam’s true identity is exposed, even though he has concealed it from nearly everyone, including Jenny. Gangs of New York Gallery Movie Trivia Heather Graham, Monica Potter, Mena Suvari, Melanie Lynskey, Vinessa Shaw, Christina Ricci and Claire Forlani all auditioned for the role of Jenny. Martin Scorsese hired “The Magician”, an Italian man famous for a 30-year career as a pickpocket, to teach Cameron Diaz about the art of picking pockets. The movie was originally planned for Christmas 2001 release.

In June 2001, trailers were released in theaters along with posters being displayed with “Christmas 2001” and “December” listed on them. At the last moment the film was pulled off the release schedule. It was released unchanged for Christmas 2002. The film was conceived in 1978 and originally intended to be produced sometime in 1980 or 1981, but the box office failure of “Heaven’s Gate” made studios wary of expensively ambitious historical dramas and the idea was shelved. The original cut of the film ran an hour longer. Martin Scorsese ends the film with a shot of the New York skyline which includes the World Trade Center Towers, even though the film was finished after the buildings were destroyed in the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. Scorsese chose to end on that shot rather then continue with a skyline without the WTC because the movie is supposed to be about the people who build New York, not those who tried to destroy it. Many of the characters portrayed in the movie are actually buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

The view of the skyline shown at the end of the movie would not be visible from this location, but rather from the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. In the scene where Amsterdam takes his medal back from Jenny, for the second half of the scene after she opens her collar the blood on her neck is digitally added. The original budget was $83 million, but Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio both took salary reductions in order to pay for the budget, which was passing limits. 19th-century New York was recreated on the lot of Cinecitta studios in Rome. When George Lucas visited the massive set, he reportedly turned to Martin Scorsese and said that sets like that can be done with computers now. Movie Quotes Bill: Anything in your pockets? Jenny: I ain’t started working yet. Jenny: When I was twelve years old, my mother was dead, and I was livin’ in a doorway. He took me in. Took care of me, in his way. After they cut out the baby… well, he doesn’t fancy girls that’s scarred up. But you might as well know in your own mind that he never laid a hand on me until I asked him to.

Amsterdam Vallon: I give you my word, this all will be finished tomorrow. Jenny: No, it won’t. Cast and Crew Quotes On auditioning for Martin Scorsese “I didn’t care if I got the job – I got to read for Marty Scorsese. I just didn’t want to make a total ass out of myself.” On Leonardo DiCaprio “He’s not a little kid anymore. The way people have viewed him in the past is going to be all blown away.” On Daniel Day-Lewis Amazon.com: Gangs Of New York: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day Lewis, John C. Reilly: Amazon Digital Services LLC By sportsguy99 on January 28, 2016 Format: Blu-ray Verified Purchase This remastered edition corrects the image quality issues of the previous edition which had heavy handed use of DNR (digital noise reduction)often eliminating the grain and detail at the same time. Colors pop and detail is remarkably sharp throughout. Audio sounds terrific as well although the previous edition sounded quite good as well. Aside from some minor ringing (particularly when characters are against a white background--doesn't happen too often in this movie though), the presentation looks terrific.

We get all the previous special features from the previous edition as well including Martin Scorsese's informed and entertaining commentary track. The special features are still in standard definnition but that's a minor issue--I'm just happy that Touchstone/Disney/Miramax was willing to go back and correct the error with the original mastering. You can tell the remastered vs. the previous edition because the cover picture with the main actors is smaller and bordered by black. The Blu-ray holders also have a sticker on the cover indicating its been remastered. For those interested in the plot--Set in New York in 1846 (during the height of the draft for the Civil War which contributed to a massive violent revolt by the poor which plays a part in the film as well), Leonardo Dicaprio plays Amsterdam Vallon who returns to lower Manhattan seeking revenge against Bill "the Butcher" (Daniel Day Lewis)who killed his father in a confrontation between their respective gangs. To kill Bill Vallon must become close to Bill and infiltrate his gang earning his trust in the process but Vallon finds that his vendetta against Bill gets lost in a much larger conflict between the various gangs of New York to run the city.

Read more › Gangs of New York (2002) | GoWatchIt Gangs of New York Martin Scorsese Starring John Reilly | Henry Thomas | Brendan Gleeson | Gary Lewis | Stephen Graham | Eddie Marsan | Alec McCowen | David Hemmings | Cara Seymour | Roger Ashton-Griffiths | Daniel Day-Lewis | Cameron Diaz | Jim Broadbent | Liam Neeson | Leonardo DiCaprio Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a young Irish immigrant released from prison. He returns to the Five Points seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis), a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Amsterdam's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people in 1860's New York. Gangs Of New York - Trailer - (2002) - HQ - YouTube Gangs Of New York - Trailer - (2002) - HQ Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content.

The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Dec 30, 2008 Trailer for Martin Scorsese's film starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Liam Neeson, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Brendan Gleeson, Henry Thomas, Gary Lewis, Stephen Graham, Larry Gilliard Jr., Eddie Marsan, David Hemmings, Alec McCowen, Cara Seymour, Richard Graham, Liam Carney, Michael Byrne, Lucy Davenport, Gary McCormack, David McBlain, Finbar Furey, John Sessions Category About Us - Five Points About Us Contact About Us At Five Points we love to travel, and food experiences overseas are a great part of the traveller’s adventure. Back at home, we often search for foods we have sampled elsewhere and try to recreate the enjoyment of tucking into something that was lip-smackingly delicious and different. However, we struggled to find a great bagel back in Australia, and started longing for the day we could return and satiate our appetite.

We salivated at the thought of a smoked salmon and cream cheese or a traditional Reuben from West Side, Manhattan. “Enough of the dreaming” we said, “let’s recreate the experience for Melburnians”. And so Five Points was born. We then had to come up with a name. The bagel is inextricably linked with New York, but was first baked in Poland, so we wanted something that symbolised 19th century New York, and also recognised the immigrant’s struggle when landing in New York’s melting pot. Five Points, a neighbourhood in the central lower area of Manhattan, symbolised this better than anywhere at this time and was immortalised by Charles Dickens who wrote “What place is this, to which the squalid street conducts us? A kind of square of leprous houses, some of which are attainable only by crazy wooden stairs without. What lies behind this tottering flight of steps? Let us go on again, and plunge into the Five Points. This is the place; these narrow ways diverging to the right and left. Such lives as are led here, bear the same fruit as elsewhere. The coarse and bloated faces at the doors have counterparts at home and all the world over”.

Five Points seemed to be a perfect naming fit to what we had in mind. (Just in case you were wondering, yes, 19th century Five Points was the setting for the Martin Scorsese film “Gangs of New York” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Liam Neeson and Daniel Day-Lewis. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 2003 including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis). At Five Points, our focus has and will always be on providing outstanding bagels with the highest quality ingredients, and great coffee. That’s not to say our selection of teas isn’t wonderful, or our hot chocolate doesn’t hit the spot, (they both pass that test with flying colours), but our passion is bagels and coffee. So, if you’d like a memorable bagel and a coffee that has a flavour profile of toasted almonds, thick syrup and dark chocolate, you are not going to be disappointed. Welcome to Five Points.

Question: 'Five Points' was the setting for which 2002 Martin Scorsese film starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz and Liam Neeson?
Answer: Gangs of New York